Mayetiola schoberi Barnes, 1958
on Poa
gall
The basal part of the stem is more or less swollen. Between the leaf sheath and the stem live here 3-5 white larvae together, each in an oval shallow depression of the stem. Pupation within the gal, in a brown puparium.
host plants
Poaceae, narrowly monophagous
Poa pratensis.
larva
The larva does not have a spatula (Barnes).
notes
may cause losses of up to 60% in grass seed culture (Nijveldt, 1980a).
references
Barnes (1958a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ertel (1975a), Gagné & Jaschhof (2014a), Horeman (1990a), Nijveldt (1980a), Roskam (2009a), Roskam & Carbonnelle (2015a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 192), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Jørgensen (2006a), Skuhravá, Skuhravý & Meyer (2014a), Thygesen (1962a).